Results & Match Reports

Like a glove slipping effortlessly back onto a hand, the first round of the new season kicked off last night.  Had we ever been away?  Weren't these the same questions we didn't know the answer to last time round?  How on earth did Mike Heale know that Algeria had the world's highest sand dunes.  The question that's niggling me the most however, is how come Dusty Springfield is playing for the Albert and nobody ever knew?

Real drama on the results front as Fifth Finger (for it is them) slipped into the bottom half of the table just above the Opsimaths and the haplessly renamed TUFKAC, who, as X-Pats, are now destined to come out worst on any tied situation on account of their high ranking initial letter.  My computer's sort mechanism looks dimly on such letters as 'X', so be warned.

You will notice this season I have included actual scores on the fixtures page so that you can see whether you vanquished your opponents more convincingly than Fifth Finger did (or whether you were stuffed more comprehensively than the Opsimaths for that matter).

As for the results this week - convincing wins for Stumped, the Historymen, the Pigs, Snoopy's and St Caths.  The less said about the others the better.

P.S.  Fr. Megson has yet to bring forth this week (maybe there's been a rush on stamps down in Chorlton).

Quiz Paper Verdict

As to last night's paper from Ethel Rodin (definitely best new name of the year) - generally favourable comments.  I think it was just right for getting us back into the swing of things with no stunts and only one smugity (sailing boats NOT yachts - Round 2 Q7).  Aggregate scores ranged from 75, between St Caths and the Opsimaths, to a lowly 57 at the Albert Club, between the Park and the Pigs.  Round 5 Question 1 prompted a debate in our game as to whether Porgy & Bess was an opera or a mere musical.  Colin claims that operas must have everything sung whereas musicals have bits of spoken dialogue - but I'm not sure about this.  I'm sure I've been to operas where lines have been spoken.

The Question of the Week

Much prized 'Question of the week' status goes to Round 1 Question 7:

According to a popular story after his death, how did the Greek dramatist Aeschylus die?

(I bet the insurance company never paid up). 

For the answer to this, and all this week's questions and answers click here.